I can't seem to get ntpd working

bpont · 2010-09-15 10:53:39

Here's my config:

# NOTES:
#  - you should only have to update the server line below
#  - if you start getting lines like 'restrict' and 'fudge'
#    and you didnt add them, AND you run dhcpcd on your
#    network interfaces, be sure to add '-Y -N' to the
#    dhcpcd_ethX variables in /etc/conf.d/net

# config settings lifted from: 
# http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Time_Protocol

## default restrictions
restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery

## override the default restrictions here
restrict 127.0.0.1
# restrict 1.2.3.4 nomodify
# restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify

# Name of the servers ntpd should sync with
# Please respect the access policy as stated by the responsible person.
#server        ntp.example.tld        iburst

server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst

##
# A list of available servers can be found here:
# http://www.pool.ntp.org/
# http://www.pool.ntp.org/#use
# A good way to get servers for your machine is:
# netselect -s 3 pool.ntp.org
##

## local server
server  127.127.1.0
fudge   127.127.1.0 stratum 10

## NTP drift file - corrects for hardware clock time deviation
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift

## NTP log file
logfile /var/log/ntp.log

...and my log:

 8 Sep 19:47:04 ntpd[1134]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 8 Sep 19:47:04 ntpd[1134]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 8 Sep 19:47:04 ntpd[1134]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 8 Sep 19:52:04 ntpd[1134]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 8 Sep 19:52:04 ntpd[1134]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
 8 Sep 21:02:52 ntpd[1134]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 8 Sep 21:03:56 ntpd[1126]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 8 Sep 21:03:56 ntpd[1126]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 8 Sep 21:03:56 ntpd[1126]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 8 Sep 21:08:56 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 8 Sep 21:08:56 ntpd[1126]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
 9 Sep 01:55:55 ntpd[1126]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 9 Sep 02:43:30 ntpd[1145]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 9 Sep 02:43:30 ntpd[1145]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 9 Sep 02:43:30 ntpd[1145]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 9 Sep 02:48:30 ntpd[1145]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 9 Sep 02:48:30 ntpd[1145]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
 9 Sep 22:42:10 ntpd[1145]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 9 Sep 23:29:10 ntpd[1125]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 9 Sep 23:29:10 ntpd[1125]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 9 Sep 23:29:10 ntpd[1125]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 9 Sep 23:32:14 ntpd[1125]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 9 Sep 23:34:57 ntpd[1124]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 9 Sep 23:34:57 ntpd[1124]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 9 Sep 23:34:57 ntpd[1124]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 9 Sep 23:39:57 ntpd[1124]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 9 Sep 23:39:57 ntpd[1124]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
12 Sep 20:23:03 ntpd[1124]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
12 Sep 21:49:03 ntpd[1126]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
12 Sep 21:49:03 ntpd[1126]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
12 Sep 21:49:03 ntpd[1126]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
12 Sep 21:54:03 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
12 Sep 21:54:03 ntpd[1126]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 11:20:46 ntpd[1126]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 13:27:22 ntpd[1118]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 13:27:22 ntpd[1118]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 13:27:22 ntpd[1118]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 13:32:22 ntpd[1118]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 13:32:22 ntpd[1118]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 19:15:23 ntpd[1118]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 19:16:26 ntpd[1121]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 19:16:26 ntpd[1121]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 19:16:26 ntpd[1121]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 19:21:26 ntpd[1121]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 19:21:26 ntpd[1121]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 19:46:26 ntpd[1121]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 19:47:27 ntpd[1129]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 19:47:27 ntpd[1129]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 19:47:27 ntpd[1129]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 19:52:27 ntpd[1129]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 19:52:27 ntpd[1129]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 19:57:56 ntpd[1129]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 19:58:57 ntpd[1126]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 19:58:58 ntpd[1126]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 19:58:58 ntpd[1126]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 20:03:57 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 20:03:57 ntpd[1126]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 20:13:05 ntpd[1126]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 20:14:08 ntpd[1113]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 20:14:08 ntpd[1113]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 20:14:08 ntpd[1113]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 20:19:08 ntpd[1113]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 20:19:08 ntpd[1113]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
14 Sep 21:58:50 ntpd[1113]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
14 Sep 21:59:59 ntpd[1118]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
14 Sep 21:59:59 ntpd[1118]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
14 Sep 21:59:59 ntpd[1118]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
14 Sep 22:04:59 ntpd[1118]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
14 Sep 22:04:59 ntpd[1118]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
15 Sep 00:07:55 ntpd[1118]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Sep 00:09:54 ntpd[1124]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
15 Sep 00:09:54 ntpd[1124]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
15 Sep 00:09:54 ntpd[1124]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
15 Sep 00:14:54 ntpd[1124]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
15 Sep 00:14:54 ntpd[1124]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
15 Sep 05:16:17 ntpd[1124]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Sep 05:45:33 ntpd[1134]: Listen normally on 6 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
15 Sep 05:45:33 ntpd[1134]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver

Last edited by bpont (2010-09-15 19:31:57)

bpont · 2010-09-15 19:33:39

I just re-checked the arch wiki against my config file...everything looks correct, so why isn't my log showing that it's syncronizing with the pool servers?

Port 123 is not being blocked by any other process:

$ grep 123 /etc/services
ntp             123/tcp    # Network Time Protocol
ntp             123/udp    # Network Time Protocol

This is the contents of /conf.d/ntp-client.conf (no mention of what the settings should be on the arch wiki):

# change this to a server closer to your location
NTP_CLIENT_SERVER="pool.ntp.org"

# client options
NTP_CLIENT_OPTION="-b -u"

# timeout for the ntp-client
NTPCLIENT_TIMEOUT=10

# arguments passed to ntpd when started
NTPD_ARGS="-g"

# cat /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift 
14.644

Last edited by bpont (2010-09-15 20:02:26)

codycarey · 2010-09-15 20:09:38

Do you use IPv6 at all in your network?

Does ntpd completely fail to start or does it just not work correctly?

bpont · 2010-09-15 20:27:39

codycarey wrote:

Do you use IPv6 at all in your network?
Does ntpd completely fail to start or does it just not work correctly?

Thanks for responding. I do not use IPv6 and ntpd does start up, it just never syncronizes with the servers.

bpont · 2010-09-20 01:50:24

Why is ntpd exiting and what is signal 15?

ewaller · 2010-09-20 03:26:50

How are you starting it?
If you start it from the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf, the network may not yet be up. Prefix it with @ to background it until its dependencies are up.

If you are starting it by hand after your network is up using /etc/rc.d/ntpd start then I've no clue.

I was going to suggest you play with ntpdc or ntpq , but that would be pointless if the daemon itself has gone Tango Uniform.

bpont · 2010-09-20 05:16:15

ewaller wrote:

How are you starting it?
If you start it from the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf, the network may not yet be up. Prefix it with @ to background it until its dependencies are up.
If you are starting it by hand after your network is up using /etc/rc.d/ntpd start then I've no clue.
I was going to suggest you play with ntpdc or ntpq , but that would be pointless if the daemon itself has gone Tango Uniform.

This is my DAEMONS array:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @crond dbus avahi-daemon alsa network @ddclient @sshd @ntpd netfs)

If I run the command:

sudo /etc/rc.d/ntpd restart

The service successfully stops and starts again, but when I immediately check the ntp.log, it shows:

ntpd exiting on signal 15

It seems to be communicating with the pool

$ ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
+speedtest.color 66.250.45.2      3 u    5   64   77   67.859    3.679   0.995
 153.16.4.135    .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
*guinness.mcguyv 209.81.9.7       2 u   67   64   37   69.800    1.762   1.826
 LOCAL(0)        .LOCL.          10 l  337   64   40    0.000    0.000   0.001

but the log never shows a syncronization and it always has that exit error message in the ntp.log every time ntpd starts during boot or manually.

ewaller · 2010-09-20 05:41:59

Are you sure its not running?? :-/
If it is not running, ntpq should complain about not being able to connect.
Check /var/run/daemons and see what is there. It might be that an invisible hand is starting it for you. Here are some ntp lines grep'ed from my logs:

Sep 18 16:42:18 odin ntpd[4828]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
Sep 18 16:43:03 odin ntpd[4798]: ntpd 4.2.6@1.2089-o Thu Apr  1 20:40:26 UTC 2010 (1)
Sep 18 16:43:03 odin ntpd[4810]: proto: precision = 1.048 usec
Sep 18 16:43:03 odin ntpd[4810]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16
Sep 18 16:43:03 odin ntpd[4810]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
Sep 18 16:43:03 odin ntpd[4810]: Listen normally on 1 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
Sep 18 16:43:04 odin ntpd[4810]: Deferring DNS for pool.ntp.org 1
Sep 18 16:43:04 odin ntpd[4822]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
Sep 18 16:43:11 odin ntpd_intres[4822]: host name not found EAI_NODATA: pool.ntp.org
Sep 18 16:44:13 odin ntpd_intres[4822]: DNS pool.ntp.org -> 38.229.71.1
Sep 18 16:44:13 odin ntpd[4810]: Listen normally on 2 wlan0 192.168.0.190 UDP 123
Sep 18 16:44:13 odin ntpd[4810]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver

It has the exit messages, but it also shows other ntpd activity. Furthermore, it is in my /var/run/daemons.

I think if you look at sysinfo using ntpdc, you will find you are at stratum 3. Here is mine

ntpdc> sysinfo
system peer:          clock.team-cymru.org
system peer mode:     client
leap indicator:       00
stratum:              3
precision:            -20
root distance:        0.07475 s
root dispersion:      0.05940 s
reference ID:         [38.229.71.1]
reference time:       d0416faf.c7557805  Sun, Sep 19 2010 22:29:19.778
system flags:         auth monitor ntp kernel stats 
jitter:               0.015518 s
stability:            0.000 ppm
broadcastdelay:       0.000000 s
authdelay:            0.000000 s
ntpdc> dmpeers
     remote           local      st poll reach  delay   offset    disp
=======================================================================
*clock.team-cymr 192.168.0.190    2 1024  377 0.07410  0.006624 0.12357

edit: fixed typo, added ntpdc info

Last edited by ewaller (2010-09-20 05:44:25)

bpont · 2010-09-20 16:54:21

$ ls /var/run/daemons/
alsa          crond  ddclient  network  sshd
avahi-daemon  dbus   netfs     ntpd     syslog-ng

ntpdc> sysinfo
***No host open, use `host' command

Some of my log messages are similar to yours, but most of yours are missing from my log:

 8 Sep 19:47:04 ntpd[1134]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 8 Sep 19:47:04 ntpd[1134]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 8 Sep 19:47:04 ntpd[1134]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 8 Sep 19:52:04 ntpd[1134]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 8 Sep 19:52:04 ntpd[1134]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
 8 Sep 21:02:52 ntpd[1134]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 8 Sep 21:03:56 ntpd[1126]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 8 Sep 21:03:56 ntpd[1126]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 8 Sep 21:03:56 ntpd[1126]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 8 Sep 21:08:56 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 8 Sep 21:08:56 ntpd[1126]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
 9 Sep 01:55:55 ntpd[1126]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 9 Sep 02:43:30 ntpd[1145]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 9 Sep 02:43:30 ntpd[1145]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 9 Sep 02:43:30 ntpd[1145]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 9 Sep 02:48:30 ntpd[1145]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 9 Sep 02:48:30 ntpd[1145]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
 9 Sep 22:42:10 ntpd[1145]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 9 Sep 23:29:10 ntpd[1125]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 9 Sep 23:29:10 ntpd[1125]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 9 Sep 23:29:10 ntpd[1125]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 9 Sep 23:32:14 ntpd[1125]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 9 Sep 23:34:57 ntpd[1124]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
 9 Sep 23:34:57 ntpd[1124]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
 9 Sep 23:34:57 ntpd[1124]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
 9 Sep 23:39:57 ntpd[1124]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
 9 Sep 23:39:57 ntpd[1124]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
12 Sep 20:23:03 ntpd[1124]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
12 Sep 21:49:03 ntpd[1126]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
12 Sep 21:49:03 ntpd[1126]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
12 Sep 21:49:03 ntpd[1126]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
12 Sep 21:54:03 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
12 Sep 21:54:03 ntpd[1126]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 11:20:46 ntpd[1126]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 13:27:22 ntpd[1118]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 13:27:22 ntpd[1118]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 13:27:22 ntpd[1118]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 13:32:22 ntpd[1118]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 13:32:22 ntpd[1118]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 19:15:23 ntpd[1118]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 19:16:26 ntpd[1121]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 19:16:26 ntpd[1121]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 19:16:26 ntpd[1121]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 19:21:26 ntpd[1121]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 19:21:26 ntpd[1121]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 19:46:26 ntpd[1121]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 19:47:27 ntpd[1129]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 19:47:27 ntpd[1129]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 19:47:27 ntpd[1129]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 19:52:27 ntpd[1129]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 19:52:27 ntpd[1129]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 19:57:56 ntpd[1129]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 19:58:57 ntpd[1126]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 19:58:58 ntpd[1126]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 19:58:58 ntpd[1126]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 20:03:57 ntpd[1126]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 20:03:57 ntpd[1126]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
13 Sep 20:13:05 ntpd[1126]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
13 Sep 20:14:08 ntpd[1113]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
13 Sep 20:14:08 ntpd[1113]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
13 Sep 20:14:08 ntpd[1113]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
13 Sep 20:19:08 ntpd[1113]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
13 Sep 20:19:08 ntpd[1113]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
14 Sep 21:58:50 ntpd[1113]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
14 Sep 21:59:59 ntpd[1118]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
14 Sep 21:59:59 ntpd[1118]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
14 Sep 21:59:59 ntpd[1118]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
14 Sep 22:04:59 ntpd[1118]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
14 Sep 22:04:59 ntpd[1118]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
15 Sep 00:07:55 ntpd[1118]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Sep 00:09:54 ntpd[1124]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
15 Sep 00:09:54 ntpd[1124]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
15 Sep 00:09:54 ntpd[1124]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
15 Sep 00:14:54 ntpd[1124]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
15 Sep 00:14:54 ntpd[1124]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
15 Sep 05:16:17 ntpd[1124]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Sep 05:45:33 ntpd[1134]: Listen normally on 6 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
15 Sep 05:45:33 ntpd[1134]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
15 Sep 14:26:19 ntpd[1134]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
15 Sep 14:27:37 ntpd[1138]: Listen normally on 6 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
15 Sep 14:27:37 ntpd[1138]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
20 Sep 00:05:03 ntpd[1138]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Sep 00:06:13 ntpd[3269]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Sep 02:38:25 ntpd[3295]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
20 Sep 02:39:35 ntpd[1169]: bind(21) AF_INET6 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd%2#123 flags 0x1 failed: Cannot assign requested address
20 Sep 02:39:35 ntpd[1169]: unable to create socket on eth0 (6) for fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd#123
20 Sep 02:39:35 ntpd[1169]: failed to init interface for address fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd
20 Sep 02:44:35 ntpd[1169]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 fe80::20d:56ff:fe16:47fd UDP 123
20 Sep 02:44:35 ntpd[1169]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver

Last edited by bpont (2010-09-20 16:55:57)

brisbin33 · 2010-09-20 17:43:23

ewaller wrote:

Prefix it with @ to background it until its dependencies are up.

This is not entirely true. Prefixing with @ means only 'start in background' so as to let the next DAEMON in the list start immediately. If your network were prefixed with @ this might be an issue but changing ntpd to @ will not affect anything as far as 'waiting for dependencies' goes.

Are you sure it's simply not logging the updates... Everything in this thread so far is showing that ntpd is working fine, it's just not logging "updated system time" or whatever you're looking for.

Try throwing off your clock and seeing if it brings it back -- if it does, then start looking into /etc/syslog-ng.conf or something.

bpont · 2010-09-20 18:42:24

brisbin33 wrote:

Everything in this thread so far is showing that ntpd is working fine, it's just not logging "updated system time" or whatever you're looking for.
Try throwing off your clock and seeing if it brings it back -- if it does, then start looking into /etc/syslog-ng.conf or something.

I changed the system clock to an erroneous time and restarted ntpd. It did not correct the time.

EDIT: Actually, it did correct the time, but it took a little while. It does seem to be synchronizing, but there's no confirmation in the logs. I guess it doesn't matter as long as it works.

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for in /etc/syslog-ng.conf, but here it is if you want to take a look at it:

@version: 3.0
#
# /etc/syslog-ng.conf
#

options {
  stats_freq (0);
  flush_lines (0);
  time_reopen (10);
  log_fifo_size (1000);
  long_hostnames(off); 
  use_dns (no);
  use_fqdn (no);
  create_dirs (no);
  keep_hostname (yes);
  perm(0640);
  group("log");
};

source src {
  unix-stream("/dev/log");
  internal();
  file("/proc/kmsg");
};

destination d_authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination d_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog.log"); };
destination d_cron { file("/var/log/crond.log"); };
destination d_daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
destination d_kernel { file("/var/log/kernel.log"); };
destination d_lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
destination d_user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
destination d_uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
destination d_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
destination d_news { file("/var/log/news.log"); };
destination d_ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };
destination d_debug { file("/var/log/debug.log"); };
destination d_messages { file("/var/log/messages.log"); };
destination d_errors { file("/var/log/errors.log"); };
destination d_everything { file("/var/log/everything.log"); };
destination d_iptables { file("/var/log/iptables.log"); };
destination d_acpid { file("/var/log/acpid.log"); };
destination d_console { usertty("root"); };

# Log everything to tty12
destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };

filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_syslog { program(syslog-ng); };
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
filter f_kernel { facility(kern) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_user { facility(user); };
filter f_uucp { facility(cron); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_ppp { facility(local2); };
filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron) and not program(syslog-ng) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_everything { level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
filter f_info { level(info); };
filter f_notice { level(notice); };
filter f_warn { level(warn); };
filter f_crit { level(crit); };
filter f_err { level(err); };
filter f_iptables { match("IN=" value("MESSAGE")) and match("OUT=" value("MESSAGE")); };
filter f_acpid { program("acpid"); };

log { source(src); filter(f_acpid); destination(d_acpid); };
log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(d_authlog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(d_syslog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); };
log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(d_daemon); };
log { source(src); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_kernel); };
log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(d_lpr); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(d_mail); };
log { source(src); filter(f_news); destination(d_news); };
log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(d_ppp); };
log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(d_user); };
log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(d_uucp); };
#log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(d_debug); };
log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(d_messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_err); destination(d_errors); };
log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(d_console); };
log { source(src); filter(f_everything); destination(d_everything); };
log { source(src); filter(f_iptables); destination(d_iptables); };

# Log everything to tty12
#log { source(src); destination(console_all); };

Last edited by bpont (2010-09-20 21:15:16)

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#1 2010-09-15 10:53:39

I can't seem to get ntpd working

#2 2010-09-15 19:33:39

Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

#3 2010-09-15 20:09:38

Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

#5 2010-09-20 01:50:24

Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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Re: I can't seem to get ntpd working

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